Baryte (classic locality)

Item Description

The Moscona Mine is famous for a handful of species, first of which would be Fluorite, but it has also been the source of some fantastic Baryte crystals over the years, and this piece is a great example featuring thick, sharp, lustrous, translucent, soft silvery-blue colored blades measuring up to 4.5 cm, sitting aesthetically on matrix. There are some contacts in a few spots, so the piece is not 100% pristine, but a showy group with larger (and thicker) than average crystals in such an eye-catching arrangement on matrix is still noteworthy for locality.
From the collection of Kurt Hefendehl (#15 C), a well-known German collector all over Europe with worldwide contacts to dealers and collectors. He started collecting seriously at the age of 14 and his great and varied worldwide collection reached over 6000 pieces. He was very active mineralogically until shortly before his passing in 2020 at the age of 82. Considering his collection had a large number of pieces, it still had an unusually high standard of quality from most worldwide localities. He particularly specialized in all classics as well as minerals of the Black Forest, where he spent much time collecting. His Black Forest and German subcollections went to his good friend Wolfgang Wendel. We at The Arkenstone have the privilege of offering the remainder of this great worldwide collection through our various platforms.